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of lines and electromotives, tables of 

 weights, speeds, acceleration, etc. The 

 electromotives of the Loetschberg Tunnel 

 line just opened will be among those dealt 

 with in the address. The committee on 

 gaseous explosions will present its report 

 during the meeting, and among many indi- 

 vidual contributors to the proceedings will 

 be Professor Marchant with a paper on 

 some effects of atmospheric conditions on 

 wireless signals; Professor Howe, who will 

 discuss the nature of the electro-magnetic 

 rays employed in radio-telegraphy and the 

 mode of their propagation ; Mr. F. W. Lan- 

 chester, who will deal with the internal- 

 combustion engine as applied to railway 

 locomotives and wiU also have something 

 to say about aeronautics; and Professor 

 Burstall, who has promised a paper on 

 solid, liquid and gaseous fuel. 



The administrative value of anthro- 

 pology will be the subject of Sir Richard 

 Temple's presidential address to Section 

 H (Anthropology). He proposes first to 

 explain the nature and scope of the science 

 as at present understood, the mental equip- 

 ment necessary for the useful pursuit of it, 

 and the methods by which it can be success- 

 fully studied. Next he proposes to deal 

 with the extent and nature of the British 

 Empire, the kind of knowledge of the alien 

 populations within its boundaries required 

 by persons of British origin who would ad- 

 minister the empire with benefit to the peo- 

 ple dwelling in it, and the importance to 

 such persons of acquiring that knowledge. 

 Lastly he proposes to note the steps taken 

 or suggested by the Royal Anthropological 

 Institute and the universities of Cambridge 

 and Oxford towards the supply of the 

 knowledge of mankind necessary for sound 

 imperial administration, which, to his 

 mind, is the practical result of the studies 

 of anthropologists. The programme of 

 papers to be submitted to the section in- 



cludes communications from Dr. H. R. 

 Rivers on sun cult and megaliths in Ocea- 

 nia, and from Dr. Landtman on the ideas 

 of the Kiwai Papuans regarding the soul. 

 A contribution with an important bearing 

 on the history of human sacrifice will be a 

 description by Mr. J. H. Powell of the cere- 

 mony of hook-swinging in India, with lan- 

 tern illustrations. The influence of geo- 

 graphical environment on religious de- 

 velopment in northern Asia will be the sub- 

 ject of consideration by Miss Czaplicka, 

 while Major Tremearne will deal with the 

 magic of the Nigerian Hausas. 



ARCHEOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY 



British archeology will be well repre- 

 sented, as also will the results of archeologi- 

 eal research in other parts of the world. 

 Dr. Capitan, of Paris, who will be among 

 the foreign guests, will describe paleolithic 

 paintings recently discovered in the south 

 of France; Professor PKnders Petrie will 

 describe the results of his last season's 

 work; and Dr. T. Ashby, of the British 

 School at Rome, will present a report on a 

 recent examination of the archeological re- 

 mains in connection with the Appian "Way 

 and some fresh material bearing on the 

 system of aqueducts in Rome. A paper of 

 great importance as an example of the sta- 

 tistical method will be presented by Pro- 

 fessor H. G. Fleure and Mr. T. C. James, 

 dealing with the physical characters of the 

 people of Wales and the borders. 



The president of Section I (Physiology) 

 will be Dr. F. Gowland Hopkins, P.R.S. 

 During the meeting the section will receive 

 the report of its committee on anaesthetics, 

 in connection with which Sir Frederic 

 Hewitt will speak on the subject of the 

 state regulations of anffistheties. The fea- 

 ture of the proceedings will be the number 

 of joint meetings with other sections, dem- 

 onstrating the close relation between dif- 



